A Celtic win today would give them a 5 point cushoin at the top of the SPL.

Alex McLeish decided to gamble on deeply Religious Marvin Andrews after he had refused surgery on a cruciate ligament injury.

Thomas Buffel was moved down to the bench because of his comments about the nature of Scottish football.

Celtic had the return of their winger, Didier Agathe back in their squad for the first time since the last Old Firm game in February when Celtic lost 2-0.

Celtic started brightly and Bellamy soon scared the home team with a run that was well saved at his feet by Rangers Goalkeeper, Ronald Waterreus.

Celtic took the lead on 21 minutes though, after John Hartson knocked down, Didier Agathe crossed in for Stilian Petrov to head in. However, the Bulgarian midfielder was struck with a Coca Cola carton thrown by a Rangers fan.

From a Fernando Ricksen curling free kick, Rangers Greek Defender, Kyrgiakos missed a cracking chance by heading into the hands of the Celtic Goalkeeper,...

Celtic were away at East Lothian to play Livingston who are currently fighting for survival in the SPL. The last time Celtic played Livingston away they won 4-2 and were 4-0 up before the half hour mark! Celtic were hoping for the same sort of performance tonight.

Celtic really didn't create many chances in the first half, Livingston playing defensively coping well with the Celtic attacking up until the 41st minute when the Livingston defenders looked asleep after a daflection off Livi's McNamee, meaning Hartson buried the ball into the corner.

On the 54th minute Bellamy's pace took him towards the Livingston keeper and the keeper, Roddy McKenzie made a great stop to deny the Welshman.

Halfway through the second period, Jason Dair made a fantasic attempt for a Livingston equalizer. His top corner bound shot was tipped over by young Celtic goalie, David Marshall.

Hartson got his second on the 75th minute with a powerful header from an Alan Thompson corner.

Hearts tried to get back into the game and their efforts paid off when substitute Deividas Cesnuaskis scored a magnificent lob over David Marshall with unhder 20 minutes remaining.

But the Jambos couldn't get find the goal to force a replay and it will be Celtic who face Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Final next month after they fought back from a goal down to beat Hibs 2-1...

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